Animal Rights

In the dairy industry, cows are repeatedly inseminated to stay pregnant in order to produce milk. Their calves are considered by-products, and are taken from their mothers to be reared in lonely environments. Each year, over 300,000 calves are raised and slaughtered in Belgium.

Snakebites already inflict tremendous suffering across South Asia, where lack of awareness and access to treatment leaves thousands dead or disabled each year. Now, climate change threatens to dramatically worsen this humanitarian crisis.

\As concerns over animal welfare, public health, and environmental impact intensify, the once-thriving fur farming industry in Europe is facing a reckoning. A citizen's petition demanding an EU-wide ban on fur production has garnered over 1.5 million signatures, far surpassing the required threshold to initiate a potential law change.

The once bustling streets of dog meat restaurants in central Seoul turned deserted, Wednesday, as consuming the meat fell out of favor among Koreans. This void was accentuated as Korea officially banned this age-old practice on Tuesday.

A revised Regulation on live animal transport, possibly together with rules on cat and dog breeding, is the only piece of updated legislation that will be put forward in this political term. This is at a time when we, and millions of European Citizens, fully expected the European Commission to deliver on its firm commitment to revise all animal welfare rules.

Shocking new report reveals suffering endured by around 44 million farmed animals a year – including unweaned calves and lambs – on horrific journeys lasting up to three weeks. Inadequate and misleading official records are masking the true horror and scale of the EU’s long-distance trade in farmed animals, a shocking new report released today by international NGOs Eurogroup for Animals and Compassion in World Farming reveals. 

Thousands of stray dogs are starving in the West Bank. These charities are working to save them. Stray dogs living in the West Bank used to rely on tourists and restaurants for food and water.

South Korea is planning to end the controversial practice of eating dog meat. Although only a small minority of people still consume dog meat in South Korea, the ancient practise has been the subject of sharp criticism from foreign media and animal rights advocates. Now, the country’s younger generations have joined calls to ban it.

Puppy yoga could put young dogs at risk, the RSPCA warns after an ITV News investigation into the popular activity.

The European Commission carried out an audit of facilities in Argentina and Uruguay that produce horse meat for the EU market, in order to monitor the implementation and enforcement of EU legislation in the areas of food safety and animal health and welfare. The results reveal serious concerns regarding traceability and animal health. Whilst the audits took place in November 2022, the results have just only just been released.